Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
  • H05K13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
  • H05K13/04—Mounting of components, e.g. of leadless components
  • H05K13/0404—Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws
  • H05K13/0406—Drive mechanisms for pick-and-place heads, e.g. details relating to power transmission, motors or vibration damping
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
  • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
  • Y10T29/53174—Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or substrate
  • Y10T29/53178—Chip component
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
  • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
  • Y10T29/53174—Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or substrate
  • Y10T29/53183—Multilead component
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
  • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
  • Y10T29/53191—Means to apply vacuum directly to position or hold work part
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
  • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
  • Y10T29/53261—Means to align and advance work part

Definitions

• the invention relates to a component placement machine comprising a machine frame over which printed circuit boards can be transported and on which the printed circuit boards can be fixed, which machine frame is provided with a guide member over which a slide can be moved, - a placement head for placing components on the printed circuit boards, which placement head is coupled to the slide, a linear motor for driving the slide along the guide member in a drive direction, which motor has a stationary part and a movable part, which movable part is connected to the slide.
• a component placement machine is known from WO-A1-97/38567. The principle of such a machine is diagrammatically represented in Figs. 5 and 6, which show, respectively, a plan view and a side view of the machine.
• the stationary part 7 of the linear motor 5, i.e. a magnetic chuck, is rigidly attached to the machine frame 1.
• the coils, which constitute the movable part 6 of the linear motor and are situated on the slide are energized in order to drive the slide 2 along the guide member 3.
• a reactive force is exerted on the magnetic chuck, which force is transmitted to the machine frame.
• the machine frame starts vibrating and hence also the printed circuit board 8 which is fixed onto the machine frame.
• the size of the frequency of the vibration and of the amplitude of the vibration are governed to a substantial degree by the size of the reactive forces and the rigidities and masses of the various machine parts.
• the machine parts serve as a mass-spring system.
• the invention is characterized in that the stationary part of the motor is attached onto a force frame which is dynamically disconnected with respect to the machine frame.
• the reactive forces are now predominantly dealt with in the force frame instead of in the machine frame as in the state of the art. This is important because the position of the slide is measured with respect to the machine frame, not with respect to the force frame.
• the vibrations caused thereby in the force frame are no longer, or only to a very limited degree, transmitted to the machine frame.
• the vibrations with a frequency close to the natural frequency of the whole of machine parts serving as the mass-spring system are not, or hardly, transmitted to the machine frame.
• the drive of the slide has no, or hardly any, influence on the position of the printed circuit board. This results in an increase of the accuracy with which the components are placed on the printed circuit board.
• the disconnection between the frames could be achieved, for example, by placing both frames separately on the shop floor so as to be disconnected. In this case, the vibrations in the force frame could still be transmitted to the machine frame via the floor. However, the vibrations are then damped to such an extent that the influence thereof on the machine frame is negligible. In practice, however, such a disconnection is almost unfeasible owing to, inter alia, the handling of the machine, the tolerances and calibrations.
• the force frame is dynamically disconnected with respect to the machine frame, only in the drive direction of the slide.
• the force frame may be coupled to the machine frame.
• the reason for this being that the reaction forces in a linear motor extend substantially in the direction of the drive of the slide.
• the vibrations of the force frame are oriented substantially in this drive direction.
• An embodiment thereof is characterized in that the force frame is coupled to the machine frame by means of leaf springs, in such a manner that the leaf springs exhibit a small rigidity in the drive direction of the slide and a great rigidity in the other directions.
• a leaf spring has a very small mass and, in one direction, a very small rigidity.
• a second slide is present on which the placement head is attached and which can be driven along a guide member of the first slide in a second drive direction at right angles to the first drive direction of the first slide by means of a second linear motor, a movable part of which is connected to the second slide, and a stationary part of which is dynamically disconnected with respect to the first slide.
• the stationary part is dynamically disconnected with respect to the first slide, only in the drive direction of the second slide.
• This can be achieved, in the same manner as in the first force frame, by coupling the stationary part of the second linear motor to the first slide by means of leaf springs, in such a manner that the stationary part has a small rigidity with respect to the first slide in the drive direction of the second slide, and a large rigidity in the other directions.
• Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a component placement machine wherein the principle of dynamically disconnecting the machine frame with respect to the force frame is represented,
• Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view of a component placement machine wherein the machine frame and the force frame are disconnected only in the drive direction of the slide,
• Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view of a more complex component placement machine comprising a plurality of slides and dynamic disconnections in accordance with the invention
• Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the component placement machine shown in Fig. 3,
• Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view of a conventional component placement machine
• Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic side view of the conventional component placement machine shown in Fig. 5.
• reference numeral 1 denotes a machine frame.
• a slide 2 can move to and fro in the direction indicated by the arrow P.
• a placement head 4 On the slide there is a placement head 4 by means of which components 9 can be picked up from a stock of components.
• Printed circuit boards 8 can be transported over the machine frame 1 in known manner and, subsequently, can be fixed on the machine frame.
• the picked-up components 9 can be positioned on the printed circuit board 8.
• the drive of the slide 2 takes place by means of a linear motor 5.
• Said linear motor has a movable part, which is formed by a block of coils 6 and is attached onto the slide, and a stationary part, which is formed by a magnetic chuck 7.
• Said magnetic chuck is attached onto a separate frame, which is referred to as the force frame 10.
• This force frame 10 is dynamically disconnected from the machine frame 1, i.e. the forces exerted on the force frame are not transmitted to the machine frame.
• the machine frame 1 and the force frame 10 are individually placed on the shop floor, without being coupled to each other.
• the coils are energized to accelerate or decelerate the slide. This causes reactive forces on the magnetic chuck 7 and hence on the force frame 10.
• the force frame is contacted and starts vibrating.
• Fig. 2 diagrammatically shows the situation where the force frame 10 is disconnected with respect to the machine frame 1, only in the drive direction P of the slide 2.
• leaf springs 11 are provided between the magnetic chuck 7 and the machine frame 1. In the drive direction P, these leaf springs exhibit a small rigidity, and in the other directions they exhibit a large rigidity.
• the magnetic chuck 7 is connected to the force frame 10 in the drive direction, as indicated by means of the line 12.
• the reactive forces on the magnetic chuck 7, and hence on the force frame 10 substantially act in the drive direction P.
• the vibrations of the force frame 10 thus caused are hardly transmitted to the machine frame 1.
• Fig. 3 diagrammatically shows a component placement machine, wherein the placement head can move in an X-direction as well as an Y-direction, and wherein the reactive forces of the motors exerted on the machine frame, and hence on the position of the printed circuit board, are minimized.
• a Yl-guide bar 21 is attached onto the machine frame 20.
• a first slide 22 can move in the Y-direction.
• the slide 22 is driven by a first linear motor 23.
• the motor is formed by a block of coils 24, which is attached onto the slide 22, and a magnetic chuck 25. Said magnetic chuck is connected to the Yl-guide bar 21 by means of leaf springs 26.
• leaf springs 26 In the drive direction of the slide 22, i.e.
• the magnetic chuck 25 is rigidly connected to a force frame 27 in the Y-direction. This is indicated by means of the line 28.
• An X-guide bar 29 is attached to the first slide 22 and is oriented transversely to the Yl-guide bar 21. The X-guide bar extends over the work face 30 of the machine frame 20.
• a second slide 31 can move in the X-direction.
• the second slide is driven by a second linear motor 32.
• the motor is formed by a block of coils 33, which is attached onto the second slide, and a magnetic chuck 34.
• the magnetic chuck 34 is connected to the X-guide bar 29 by means of leaf springs 35.
• these leaf springs exhibit a small rigidity.
• components 37 can be placed on a printed circuit board 38.
• the printed circuit board is situated on the work face 30 of the machine frame 20 and can be transported over this frame. During the placement of components, the printed circuit board is fixed on the work face.
• a Y2-guide bar 39 is attached onto the force frame 27. This guide bar is situated opposite the Yl-guide bar 21 on the other side of the machine frame 20.
• a third slide 40 can move along the guide bar 39. The slide 40 is driven by a third linear motor 41.
• the motor is formed by a block of coils 42, which is attached onto the slide 40, and a magnetic chuck 43 which is rigidly attached onto the force frame.
• the X-guide bar 29 is connected to the slide 40. This is indicated by means of the line 44. This connection has a low rigidity in the X-direction and a high rigidity in the Y-direction.
• the magnetic chuck 34 of the second linear motor is also connected to the slide 40. This is indicated by means of the line 45. This connection has a high rigidity in the X-direction.
• Fig. 4 shows, in a more realistic arrangement, the diagrammatic situation shown in Fig. 3.
• the reference numerals used in Fig. 3 are also used in Fig. 4.
• the machine frame 20 is provided with legs 20a,b,c,d.
• the force frame 27 is formed by two horizontal bars 27a, 27b on which two U-shaped bars 27c, 27d are attached in the vertical direction.
• the four upright bars 27c 1, 27c2, 27dl, 27d2 of the U-shaped bars are situated at the corner points of a rectangle between which the machine frame 20 is situated.
• the four legs 20a,b,c,d of the machine frame are attached onto the horizontal bars 27a, 27b of the force frame.
• the Yl-guide bar 21 is attached onto the machine frame 20.
• the magnetic chuck 25 of the first linear motor 23 is connected, by means of thin strips 28, to the two vertical bars 27c 1, 27cdl of the force frame.
• the strips have a low rigidity in the X-direction, and a high rigidity in the Y-direction.
• the leaf springs 26 are not shown. They are situated between the magnetic chuck 25 and the Yl-guide bar 21.
• the Y2-guide bar 39 is secured between the other two vertical bars 27c2, 27d2 of the force frame.
• FIG. 4 shows that it is also possible to arrange a second X-guide bar 29a with a slide 31a and a placement head 36a between the two Y-guide bars. In this case, two components can be placed simultaneously.
• the magnetic chuck 34a and the block of coils 33a of the second linear motor 32 are visible at the location of the second X-guide bar 29a.
• the rigidity of the leaf springs should be chosen to be such that the vibrations caused have a frequency which is at least outside the range of the natural frequency of the machine parts acting as a mass-spring system.
• the low-frequency vibrations are not transmitted by the shop floor.
• the high-frequency vibrations have a small amplitude and constitute no problem.
• the vertical bars 27c2 and 27d2 hardly influence the machine frame, because these vertical bars are attached onto the horizontal bar 27b which, in turn, is attached to the shop floor.
• reactive forces Fx are exerted on the magnetic chuck 34, which forces are caused by energizing the coils 33. Thanks to the leaf springs 35, however, these forces are not, or hardly, transmitted in the X-direction to the horizontal X-guide bar 29.
• the reactive forces Fx may touch the third slide 40 in the X-direction (indicated by means of the line 45 in fig.
• a linear motor has a stationary part and a movable part, the stationary part generally being the magnetic chuck and the movable part generally being the block of coils. Of course, this may also be the other way round.

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